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1995 Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Critics Guild Award Winner for his novel “Grave
Markings” and HORROR POET - Michael Arnzen owner of the horrific website called: Gorelets has
invited me to check out his site and give my BRUTAL review of what I experience in his haven of Hell.

Now you all are staring at me bug-eyed with your jaw-dropping and eye-popping dumbfounded
expressions, wondering if Brutal Dreamer has flipped out. I assure you, I have not. GORLETS exist, I am
being brutally honest. They are scary, gory, horrifying little demons that float around in the sinister mind
of a very talented writer, Michael Arnzen. This is from the writer that writes “My Wound Still Weeps”
found in HORRORS! 365 Scary Tales [I purchased sometime back and found this author imprisoned in
the pages] He has the most unusual way of describing the wound on his arm.

You are still gazing at me stupefied, aren’t you? And even now, you have no clue what I am talking
about. No, GORELETS are not little gizmo, gadgets, or thingamabobs; rather, they are: Gorelets!:
“horrifying, disturbing, or darkly humorous little poems, no larger than the teensy screen of a Palm Pilot.”
according to Arnzen who composes these tasty little morsels on his own handheld PDA. [Portable Digital
Assistant i.e. Palm Pilots] Arnzen also has 3 poetry books: Chew and Other Ruminations, Writhing in
Darkness, and Paratabloids. In his collection of the murky horror Paratobloids, he takes funky headlines
from pulp tabloids and pulverizes them into a half baked rumors and half truths set to poetic scandalized
fiction. These prosaic stories are accounts that you have never experienced before.

I have read these snippets or should I say “gorelets” of the fabrication of his brain, and within these
special gorelets I must hand the author a special bag O’ grape Tootsie Pops, because these teensy poems
are larger-than-life! Arnzen has such a play on words such as: PUBLISHER'S FEARINGHOUSE and a
bizarre poem containing “splatalogs for migorezines” I read his version of embalming and the artistic
diverse style. Iffy ones, would call his method maniacal frenzies of the insane, others would call it
revolting, however, Brutal Dreamer calls Arnzen’s technique brutally artistic with a blood-streaked flair.

A Brutal poem to Arnzen:
Arnzen’s Ghoul-Skull of Syntax
Macabre of tasty miniature vocabulary
Scores of horrors inside Arnzen’s head
Menagerie of peppery bloody sentences
These gorelet lovers must be fed.
Terrors, tremors, chills of the tales,
Jaws of razor-sharp teeth begin to devour
Legions tearing the succulent verse to shreds,
Consuming the brutalized prose of the hour!

Michael Arnzen has offered his magnificently put together website filled with bags of gory goodies and
hilarious antidotes to cure the most cynical connoisseurs of horror located at http://www.gorelets.com/.

There are freebies and fun intended for sponsorship of a unique project he has undertaken. I sincerely
encourage ones to check out this very unusual project, style, prose, and most of all check out the
Gorelets. See, I told you the existed. At this site you learn much about the author, special links, Gorlet
Monger Special - consisting of a gorelet poem sent straight to your email box. He has some of the most
diverse artwork I have seen since Hertzan Chimera his poetry as dark as M.J. Hewitt’s doused with special
fiery recipe sure to scare the gorelets out of you. What a brutal fun-filled site jam-packed with
GORELETS!

SDO Fantasy E-ZINE
Sintrigue Dot Org:  http://www.sintrigue.org

Review by Brutal Dreamer brutal@brutaldreamer.com
Highly Recommended
 

The staff at SDO Fantasy consists of a three hardworking, story loving, talented crew:
Dave Bowlin: Tech and Web Design
Mark Anthony Brennan: Editor
Megan Powell: Book Reviewer

Sintrigue Dot Org was produced due by in large to Dave Bowlin's sheer love of stories and his incredible ability to tell stories along with his talents as a web designer.  His staff joins him on his journey of publishing picture perfect works of fantasy.

Megan Powell is a reviewer without rival - she writes crisp, unique, and interesting book reviews.  The fantasy books she chooses to review are always distinctive.  Megan's reviews are never stale, overcooked, or raw... she keeps her reviews fresh, interesting, and lively. She reviews books that have not been overdone and rehashed; the books she selects gives readers a chance to learn about a book that perhaps they may never of heard of or tried before.  Megan's own works of fiction has been published in both venues: print and electronically, and she is the web-hostess for two Ezines of her own.

The illustrious editor, Mark Anthony Brennan has been multi-published in print and electronically and is recognized amongst his peers as an author that needs no introduction.

Dave Bowlin is multi-talented in his capabilities: Web Designer, Author, Editor, Programmer, etc... He has vision and you can see that vision through his meticulous construction of Sintrigue Dot Org.

E-Zine's has become the way of the future to authors young and old; it has opened doors to new comers to the field and veteran writer's alike, expanding fiction to degrees that no one could of foreseen.  Authors names have recognition and status where as before it took a stroke of good luck to get out of the slush pile and be acknowledged no matter how good of an author you were.  Authors are published faster both in print and electronically as technology has advanced.  It is due to incredible and scrupulous E-zines like SDO Fantasy that has made this possible for authors to tell their stories and readers to indulge themselves in fanciful tales.

SDO's staff is readily available, their response time is acceptable (two weeks), the critiques and
suggestions to stories are invaluable.

Dave has provided many bells and whistles to SDO Fantasy throughout its birth.  He has given out
incredible software to assistant writers better: Word Power Professional (WPP): Dave's editor software for writers, Chat program for authors to use, and many other software programs he has ingeniously created and bestowed on his fans, readers, and authors at SDO Fantasy.

SDO Fantasy offers payment for excellent stories (they are very picky in what they publish) so, it is an honor to be published there.  They publish THEMED issues only: Six stories per issue and publish quarterly.

The January 2003 theme is: Frozen Places.
The April 2003 theme is: Rainy Season.
The July 2003 theme is: Dreamscapes.
The October 2003 theme is: (to be announced)

This dedicated staff at SDO Fantasy are talented and experienced, and know what they like and what their readers will enjoy.

The design and layout of SDO is simple, but classy.  It's easy to navigate and links work splendidly.

We are taken on a mystical journey throughout the stories then on a magical carpet ride to SDO's Forum where not only are you able to discuss what you read at SDO and meet new authors -- SDO also offers writing hints and helpful suggestions -- and has started a new group called 10 Fantasy Fiction.  This group was announced, and, at the moment, is composed of six authors who collaborate on 10 flash fiction fantasy tales surrounding a theme, characters, plot, and each author creates their own main character to be intertwined into one another's story... almost a RPG type of game for writers.  (It's a first come-first served sign up group.)

I am sure many writers are looking for an E-Zine to publish thier work -- SDO FANTASY is an E-ZINE that I highly recommend.

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